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Even Monsters Need Haircuts (2010)

by Matthew McElligott(Favorite Author)

4.05 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

080278819X (ISBN13: 9780802788191)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Walker Childrens

review 1: For this book, I chose to use the following five openings: activating prior knowledge, prompting predictions based on the title, drawing attention to the setting, telling the meaning of a key word, and prompting brief sharing of personal experiences related to the topic/theme. Opening“The book we are going to read today is titled, Even Monsters Need Haircuts by Matthew McElligott. Do you know any monsters – like Frankenstein (pointing to him on the cover)?” [Opening move: Activating prior knowledge] “You did a great job thinking of some monsters! You mentioned some I had forgotten about. Now that we’ve got a picture of some monsters in our heads, tell me – do you think they need haircuts? (Allow time for brief discussion... more of monsters and whether or not they might need a hair cut while pointing out a few monsters in the text during a quick picture walk). [Opening move: Making predictions]“When I get my haircut I go to a salon. My hair stylist cuts both men’s and women’s hair, but a barber is someone who cuts only men’s hair and they work in what’s called a barber shop. Go ahead and turn to your elbow partner and share with each other where you go to get your hair cut. Once you’re done I want you to discuss where you think monsters might go to get their hair cut.” (Allow discussion) [Opening moves: Drawing attention to the setting, defining a key term, making predictions, and prompting a brief sharing of personal experiences related to the topic/theme]“Let’s begin reading Even Monsters Need Haircuts by Matthew McElligot to see if some of our predictions come true.”
review 2: The first thing I noticed upon opening this book was the endpapers, which showed a collection of hair care items such as conditioner, shampoo, hairspray, and even mustache wax. I thought this was funny and figured that the story would probably follow closely with the title. The illustrations in the book are double full bleed pages with a playful text that matches the tone of the story. I started to notice small details in the images that made me want to look closely at each page. In one picture, our main character of the story is shown cutting a vampire's hair, yet in the mirror all you see is the boy with his scissors. It took me a second to remember that vampires have no reflection, but once I made the connection I laughed and wanted to see what other details were added. The further I got into the book the more of those small details I found, some of which you might need to have a bit of background knowledge on to fully understand, like when the boy covers his eyes when braiding Medusa's hair. These sort of jokes made it fun for me to read and would probably make it fun for other adults reading this to kids. The end papers at the end of the book were the same as the front, only this time the regular bottles of shampoo and so on has been replaced by their monster counterparts. less

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